Improvement in grain-cars



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J. E. WHITE.

GRAIN-GAR.

Patented Jan. 11

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. WITNESSES mow Attorney NPHERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. D C.

JOHN E. WHITE,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HENRY A. GOIT,

' GONOORDJYEW HAMPSHIRE.

PATENT QFFIOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-CARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172.228 dated January11, 1876; application filed August 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. WHITE, of Cleveland, in the county ofGuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and usefulImprovements in Cars for Transporting Grain in Bulk, of which thefollowing is a specification My invention relates to improved means forloading and unloading cars for the transportation of grain in hulk.

Heretotore it has been the'practice to load such cars with grain withoutproviding means for preventing the grain from coming in contact with thewalls of the car, and the grain has, therefore, been liable to waste andinjury by dampness in transit. It has also been the practice to load thecars irrespective of the position of the main body of the grain withinthe car, and to unload the car by means of scrapers and shovels.

My improvement consists, first, in providing a grain-car with an innerlining, within which the grain is placed, so as to prevent the grainfrom being wasted by exposure to or coming in contact with the walls orsides of the car. This lining or casing is attached by suitable hooksarranged around the top edge of the inner walls of the car.

My improvement consists, secondly, in providing means by which a liningof canvas or other analogous material can be gathered within the car, soas to force the grain within it through apertures in the lining bycontract.

ing its dimensions.

My improvement consists, thirdly, in providing a shaft, having suitablebearings, and attaching to said shaft the cords by which the lining isgathered. A pulley or wheel is applied to one end of the shaft, so thatby a suitable motor the shaft can be" turned, said shaft, bearings, anddriving-wheel being removable and detachable onefrom the other.

My improvement consists, fourthly, in a a vertical longitudinal sectionof a oar-body, representing the inner casing or lining in its opencondition, with the deflector in position, having received the grainfrom an elevator, and ready for transportation. Fig. 2 is a top view ofthe same on theline 2 2, the top of the car having been removed. Fig. 3is a perspective view of a car-body, a portion of the body being brokenaway to exhibit the contracting or gathering apparatus as applied whenthe grain is in course of removal.

A represents the body of a car as constructed for the transportation ofgrain. 00 represents an inner casing or lining, of canvas or analogousmaterial, so constructed as to fill the entire space inside the car.This casing a has rings or perforations 1) arranged at suitableintervals around the upper edge, engaging with hooks c, driven into theface of the upper timbers of the car just below the roof B of the body.Passing through the rings or perforations b is a cord, 01, having at itsends 01 hooks or yokes e, for attachment to the operating-shaft f. ()nthe inside of the car, on each side of the doors, are placed blocks orsupports .0, adapted to support the apparatus hereinafter described. frepresents a shaft, adapted to receive the connections of the cords, andhaving bearings at its ends f f in excavations 9, made in plates orboards g, forming temporary supports. The plates g are supported byhangers n, depending from the upper edge of the supporting'bloc'ks C. Tothe extended end h of the shaft f is applied a pulley or driving-wheel,i, which is securely attached by means of a screw, h in the collar 71?,entering an orifice in the extended end of the shaft. The wheel orpulley i is turned by a band, j, or other motor. k represents a spout,through which the grain is guided into a suitable receptacle on arrivingat its destination. m is the deflector, having outwardly and downwardlycurved sides m and a fiat bottom, m forming a triangle. This deflectorrests upon the temporary supports 9. The lining or casing a has partingsb b at the middle portion, opposite the doors, near the. top and bottom,respectively. The

hangers a may be attached to the bearings g, if preferred.

My invention is applicable to grain-wagons as well as to cars.

In carrying out my invention an outer door is removed, and the lining orcasing a placed in position, with the rings or perforations b engagingwith the supporting-hooks 0. The back upper opening I) and the loweropenings I) of the lining are securely closed in any suitable manner.The deflector m is next introduced within the casing a in such aposition as to have the downwardly and outwardly curved portionsdirected to each end of the car. The elevator is now brought to playupon the deflector, and the grain is spouted first on one side and thenon the other of the deflector or triangle, the said deflector causingthe grain to be directed to each end of the car. Sufficient grain havingbeen introduced, the descent of grain is stopped and the elevator anddeflector removed, the front opening 12 of the casing is closed, and thecar-door replaced. Supposing the car filled with grain to have reachedits destination, the outer doors are removed, upper openings I) opened,and the bearings g placed on their supports. The shaft f is insertednext in its bearings g, and the wheel or pulley t placed on theextension h of the shaft, and securely attached by screw h. The casing ais now unhooked from its support 0, and the yokes c on the ends d of thecord at are attached or connected to the shaft. The spout 70, leading tothe grain-receptacle, is placed in position, and the front lower partingI) opened. The band j, 01 other motor, is applied to the pulley orwheeli, cans ing the gathering-cords d to wind around the shaft,contract the casing a, and so force the grain through the frontopening 1) into the I spout k, and thence into any receptacle placed toreceive it. The contents of the casing havin g been nearly exhausted,the motor is stopped, and the remaining grain easily removed by hand.The yokes e are now removed from.

analogous material, detachably supported, sub

stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the casing to, the adjusting-cords d, forgathering the canvas, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the grain-receptacle, of a shaft, f, and meansbywhich the.

same is rotated for gathering the said, grainreceptacle, substantiallyas set forth.

4. The deflector m, for directing the grain,

in combination with a grainrcar, substantially as set forth.

JOHN E. WHITE.

Witnesses:

L. W. FORD, E. W. ANDREWS, Jr.

